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Spielberg buys Bette Davis' Oscar

It was Davis' second Academy Award, the first being for her role in Dangerous in 1935.

Spielberg will reportedly present the Oscar, which was sold Thursday by Christie's auction house in New York, to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences.

The A.I. Artificial Intelligence director bought the Oscar anonymously in a telephone bidding war that started at $250,000 and soared to $520,000. It was the third-highest price paid for an Academy Award.